positions near Arnhem to minimize losses among glider and paratroopers attempting to seize bridges across the Rhine River. In December 1944 and January 1945 it supported troops fighting the Battle of the Bulge. In the spring of 1945 it supported Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine. The squadron flew its last mission on 21 April 1945. The squadron remained in England until August 1945, when it returned to the United States. Its aircraft began departing in early July, while its ground echelon sailed on the on 25 August, arriving in New York City six days later. The 834th reassembled at Drew Field, Florida in September, but was inactivated there on 7 November 1945. Lineage Constituted as the 834th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 September 1943 Activated on 20 September 1943 Redesignated 834th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy c. 1944 Inactivated on 7 November 1945 Assignments 486th Bombardment Group, 20 September 1943 – 7 November 1945 Stations McCook Army Air Field, Nebraska, 20 September 1943 Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 9 November 1943 – 9 March 1944 RAF Sudbury (Station 158), England, 5 April 1944 – August 1945 Drew Field, Florida, 3 September – 7 November 1945 Aircraft Consolidated B-24H Liberator, 1943–1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, 1944–1945 Campaigns See also B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces References Notes Bibliography } Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces World War II strategic bombing units Military units and formations established in 1943